Combined harrow and roller.



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J. STOUT.

COMBINED HARROW AND ROLLER.

(Application filed Inn. 24, 1901.)

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.1. STOUT.

COMBINED HARROW AND ROLLER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAooB STOUT, or BLIUFFTON, INDIANA.

COMBINED HARROWEAND ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,2 57, dated May 6,1902. Application filed Jamm 24, 1901. Serial No. 44,594. on model.)

To all whom'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AcoB STOUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bluifton, in the county of Wells and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Combined Harrow and Roller, of which thefollowing is a speci- My invention is an improved combined harrow androller; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices here-' inafter fully set forth and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved machine which isadapted for harrowing plowed land and for simultaneously opening furrowstherein for the planting of corn or other seeds and which is adapted forcultivating a growing crop and simultaneously rolling the land onopposite sides of the row of growing plants to retainthe moisture in thesoil next to the row for ridding the land ofweeds,

A further object of 7 my invention is to effect improvements in thestandards in which the rollers are mounted and in the connectionsbetween said standards and the tongue,

so that the rollers may be adjusted laterally toward and from each otherand set at any required distance apart. 1

A further object of my invention is to offeet improvements in the meansfor raising and lowering the frames on opposite sides of the tongue.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a combinedharrow, cultivator, furrow-opener, weeder, and roller embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on theplaneindicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse sectional View taken on a plane indicated bythe line 33 ofFig. 1. Fig. A is a detail perspective view of the standard frames andtheir connections for the rollers.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a draft pole or tongue 10. AU-shaped seat-supporting bar 11 has the front ends of its sidearms'pivotally-connected to the tongue 10, as at 12. The seat 13 ismounted on the rear end of said U -shaped bar, as shown. The crossbar 14connects the side arms of bar 11 at a suitable distance from the rearend thereof. A transverse bridge-bar 15 is disposed astride of the sidearms of frame 11 at a suitable distance in rear of the cross-bar 14:.Standard-frames 16 have horizontallydisposed inwardly-extending arms 17on their upper sides, which bear upon and are adj ust able on thebridge-bar 15 and are connected to the latter by bolts l8,which operatein slots 19, with which said arms 17 and bridge-bar are are adjustableon the crossbar 14.

In connection with the tongue I employ a pair 7 of I obliquelydisposedrearw'ardly extending frames 24, which are adapted for the attachment ofharrow teeth, cultivating teeth or shovels, or suitable implements forcutting 0E, uprooting, or otherwise destroying Weeds. The said framesare provided on their inner sid es near their front and rear ends withtrans versely-disposed parallel adj Listing-plates 25, which areprovided with slots 26. A clip 27 is connected to the under side of thetongue at a suitable distance from the rear end thereof and is disposedat right angles thereto. In the said clip is pivotedthe upper portion ofa U-shaped yoke 28, which is provided with vertical depending arms 29and forwardly-e2? tending ho riz'ontal'arms 30 at the lower endsthereof. The said arms 30 are pivoted in bearings formed in plates orblocks31, which are disposed on the adj usting-plates 25 and are securedthereto by bolts 32, which oper ate in the slots 26. A pair of straps 33are bolted to opposite sides of the tongue at the rear end thereof, therear ends of said straps projecting in rear of the tongue, as at 34:. A

clip 35 is provided on its upper side at its center with a verticalstandard 36, which has a vertical adjusting-slot 37. Said standard issecured between the ends 34: of straps 33 by a bolt or pin 38, whichengages the adj ustingopenings 37. A yoke 39, which is identical inconstruction with the yoke 28, is secured to the clip 35 and isconnected to the adj usting-plates 25 near the rear sides of frames 24by plates or blocks 40 and adjusting-bolts 41, the latter operating inthe slots 26 of said rear adjusting-plates 25.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the frames 24 areconnected to the tongue, disposed on opposite sides thereof, are adaptedto be laterally adjusted toward and from each other and set at anyrequired distance apart, and are further adapted to be raised andlowered, the horizontal arms 30 of the yokes 28 39 forming the pivots onwhich said frames turn when being raised and lowered, It will be furtherunderstood that the tongue may be readily adjusted and set at anyrequired inclination to cause the teeth or shov- 2o els attached to theframe 24 to operate as deeply in the soil as may be desired. Thevertical arms of the yokes 28 39 are connected together by brace-rods42.

A clip 43 is longitudinally movable on the rear portion of the tongue10, and to the said clip is attached alongitudinally-movablerearwardly-extending elevating-rod 44, which has a handle 45 formed atits rear end and is provided with cleats 46. A pair of sheaves 47 aremounted in a transversely-disposed frame 48 on the u pper side of thetongue near the rear end thereof, and the said frame 48 is provided witha clip 49, which engages the rod 44 and forms a guide and support forsaid rod. An operating cord or chain 50 is attached to each of theframes 24 at a suitable distance from the outer side thereof. Said cordspass over the sheaves 47, and to the rear ends thereof are attachedhandles 51, which are adapted to engage the clips 46, and thereby attachsaid cords to the elevating-rod 44. By this construction either of theframes 24 may be raised or lowered independently of the other by drawingrearward on the elevating-cord attached to said frame. When it isdesired to raise and lower the said frames 24 simultaneously, this maybe done by drawing the elevating-rod 44 rearward or pushing the sameforward, said rod by being connected to the elevating-cords of theframes 24 by the cleats 46 and handles 51 serving to operate saidelevating-cords simultaneously, as will be understood.

Each of the frames 24 may be provided with 55 a handle 52, and therebythe said frames may be operated by a plowman, who walks in rear of themachine when it is desired to use the same as a walking-harrow.

To each of the frames 24 is detachably secured a furrow-opener 53, whichis pivoted to the rear side of the frame at a suitable distance from theouter side thereof by a bolt 54 and has at the front end of its beam orarm a laterally-extending adjusting-slot 55, which is concentric withthe pivotal bolt 54 and is engaged by an adjusting-bolt 5G. Thereby thefurrow-opening shares or shovels may be laterally adjusted toward orfrom each other to cause the same to open furrows for the planting ofseeds at any desired distance apart. It will be understood that whenthese furrow-openers are used in connection with the frames 24 and thelatter are provided with harrow-teeth my invention is adapted for useboth as a harrow and as a furrowopener, so that the operations ofharrowing and laying off the land may be performed simultaneously. henthus employed, as shown in Fig. 1, the rollers 22 are usually removed.

By removing the furrow-openers 53 my invention, when organized as shownin Fig. 1 and hereinbefore described, is adapted for use in cultivatingbetween the rows of growing plants, the frames 24 operating 011 oppositesides of a row of plants and serving to stir the soil between the rows.When the plants are very small, the frames are preferably provided withharrow-teeth when the machine is thus used. As the plants increase insize and strength suitable bull-tongues or cultivating-shovels may besubstituted for the harrow-teeth. The rollers may be employed or not inconnection with the frame for cultivating the growing crop. Whenemployed, they operate on opposite sides of a row of plants and inrearof the frames 24 and serve to compress the soil contiguous to theplants to enable the same to retain moisture and exclude air from theroots of the plants, and thus promote their growth. It will beunderstood that the rollers, as well as the frames 24, by beingadjustable laterally may be caused tooperate at any desired distancefrom the row.

By employing suitable plows or shovels in connection with the frames 24my invention may be used for destroying weeds between the rows ofgrowing plants and for preparing a field from which a crop, as of corn,has been harvested for seeding to wheat or other grain.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of atongue, a seatsupporting bar connected thereto and extendin g rearwardtherefrom, standard-frames connected to said seat-supporting bar,rollers having their bearings in said standards and frames adapted forthe attachment of suitable implements for operating in the soil, saidframes being connected to and disposed on opposite sides of the tongue,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a tongue, rollers connected to the rearendthereof, a pair of frames pivotally connected to and laterallyadjusta'ble toward and from the tongue, whereby said frames may be setat any required distance apart, said frames being provided with suitableimplements for operating in the soil, an elevating-rod connected to thetongue and elevating-cords attached to said frames and detachablyconnected to said elevating-rod, whereby said frames may be raised orlowered independently of each other or simultane- I onsly, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination of a tongue, a seatsupportingframe extending from therear endthereof, laterally-adj ustablesta'ndard-frames connected to saidseatrsupporting frame, rollers mounted in said standard=frames andframes attached to anddisposed on opposite sides of said tongue inadvance 'of'said rollers,

said frames being adapted for the attachment thereto ofsuitableimplements"for' operating' in the soil, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination of a pair of frames of the character described, yokeseonneotin g the same together, a tongue pivotallyattached to the frontyoke and adjustably'secured to the rear yoke, whereby said tongue maybedisposed atany desired inclinatiom'a frame pivotally connected toand-"extending -in-- rear of said tongue, and supporting-rollers forsaid frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn-I have hereto affixedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses. JACOB STOUT.

Witnesses: W

M. A. STOUT, RAY R. STURGIS.

